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| 1995, Jan. 3 |
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| Russia launched a second full-scale attack. A cease-fire was declared on Jan. 10, to no avail. The intensity of the attacks increased. On Jan. 19 Russian troops captured the presidential palace, and in February Pres. Dudayev left Grozny. On March 30–31 the Russians captured the Chechen towns of Gudermes and Shali. | 1 |
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| Feb. 23–24 |
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| Iran signed an agreement with Russia to have a nuclear reactor for commercial purposes, in spite of objections from the U.S. | 2 |
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| June 19 |
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| Chechen rebels released Russian hostages they had taken while raiding the Russian town of Budennovsk. | 3 |
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| July 11 |
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| Yeltsin was hospitalized with serious heart problems. He was hospitalized again on Oct. 26. | 4 |
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| July 30 |
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| Russia and Chechnya reached an accord to end the war after six weeks of peace talks. Russia agreed to withdraw its troops. | 5 |
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| Dec. 17 |
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| In elections, Communists made huge gains in the Russian Parliament, possibly because of popular protest against Yeltsin's economic reform policies. | 6 |
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